Packing.



w. A. YOUNG.

PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-31. I917.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

INVENTOR M/fiam A. Year:

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"ApplicationfiledOctoberM,1917. Seria1No;199;471

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Toalllwhom tymay concern;- T V. i Beifiknown'that'li, WIEIiIAM-A. Yonive, acitizenof theUnited States, and a resi I dent of the city of New York, Astoria, boroughd -Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and" Improved Packing, of which the following is a .full, clear, and exact "description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a packing of the character mentioned,

the dimensions whereof may be readily altered; to provide a packing easily installed; and to provide means for readily removing the packing from the shell. Y

Drawings.

,the presentinvention, and showing in con junction therewith a human hand with a knife in the act of severing the packing for removal of the shell;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a packing member, the same being shown as disassociated from the shell. Description.

thepresent invention has a twisted rope-like body 7. The body 7 is provided with loops 8 at both ends. The loops 8 are formed integralwith the body 7 and are composed of two strands twisted or wrapped each f upon the other while the body 7 is composed of four strands.

The packing herein shown is formed'from loose fiber which in the initial step of the operation is twisted to form a wisp-like structure which when permitted recoils upon itself to form a crude rope. The crude rope is made of two strands, which are then bent to form one of the loops 8. The portions of the rope adjacent the loops 8 are twisted more or less tightly to form the rope body 7. Theshort ends of the twisted strands are turned between the crosses thereof adjacent the second formed loop and in the manner common in splicing rope. The double strand portion of the initially twisted Specification of Letters Patent.

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' Wisp is then bent form the second loop 8,

portion ofthc original strandadj acentthe 7 second loop. Care is exercised to have the two free ends of the original'strand meet adjacent the center of the body 7 where both free ends arethreaded through and between the layers of the completed body, and in the end it will be found that a packing has been formed from wisps of ropefiber, the body portion whereof is relatively heavier or thicker than the two eyelets at the ends thereof.

In service, as shown best in Fig. l of the drawings, the eyelets are disposed in a relatively flattened position to lie against the body of the object packed. The combined length of the body 7 and loops 8, is less than the circumference of the body being packed, when the same is in service. This provides for the loops being normally separated. They are drawn together by lashings 9. The lashings employed when added to the thickness. of the loops 8, equal in thickness the body 7, and in. this manner form a relatively uniform thickness of packing materlal about the'object packed, such as the shell 10 shown in the drawings.

V Vhen provided with packings constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the operation is as follows: If the object be, as shown in the drawings, a shell, the improved device is placed under the shell so that the shell rests on the body portion 7. The lashings 9 are then introduced through the loops 8 and are wrapped therethrough until the combined thickness of the loops and the lashing equals or approximates the thickness of the body 7. The lashings are then made fast in any suitable manner, the packing device being drawn tightly about the shell. in a manner to avoid accidental or easy dislodgment.

Arriving at the field where it is desired to remove the packed device, this is readily accomplished by cutting the lashings in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the knife being passed through the said lashing and between the ends of the loops 8. Care is exercised not to cut the loops 8, as it is desired to preserve the packing, which 

